North Carolina School Board Sued for Suspending Student Over ‘Illegal Alien’ Remark

Published on May 8, 2024

The Liberty Justice Center has filed a lawsuit against Davidson County Schools in North Carolina on behalf of the family of a high school student who was suspended for using the term “illegal alien” during English class. Last month, Christian McGhee, a sophomore at Central Davidson High School in Lexington, was accused of racism and suspended from school for three days after asking his teacher whether the word “alien” used during a vocabulary lesson was in reference to “space aliens or illegal aliens.” The 74-page lawsuit argues that the school had no legal justification for suspending Christian from school for a comment that is protected under the First Amendment....

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